The Villainess Wants to Make Her Husband Slim Down

CHAPTER 58

4 (1) – 7

The head of the Lörrich family, Rudolph Lörrich, had two sons.

One was the prodigal son, Klaus.

He was twenty years old, a raucous playboy that Rudolph always found difficult to rein in. Always out in the town playing around and chasing skirts, sometimes not coming home for days at a time. Abandoning the studies he was expected to take up as a noble, he instead indulged in practices frowned upon by the deeply traditionalist Mohnton territory, such as poetry and music. Constantly and irritatingly arrogant, he was always disdainful of people who stood at a higher station than him. It was as if he made a sport in mocking and treating high ranking nobles and others older than him flippantly, always earning their ire.

No matter how much Rudolph reprimanded him, he would never pay any attention, only further fuelling his father's indignation Two years ago, it was finally decided that his disrespectful and irresponsible behavior could no longer be tolerated, so he was kicked out of his family home. As he made to leave Mohnton entirely for new pastures, he was eagerly stopped by Alois before he could reach the border and was convinced to work for him.

The second son was a very serious and studious young man named Franz.

Franz, a year younger than Klaus, was almost his exact opposite. He was honest and hard-working, always carrying himself with pride and dignity as a noble. He had a deep respect for his elders, honoured the old histories and traditions of the land, and his conduct resembled a true leader of the future.

He never hesitated to make decisions, even if they were hard ones, always valuing the good of the many over the benefit of the few. He had earned a deep sense of trust from the rest of his family and was seen as an ideal candidate to inherit the position of the family head when the time came.

In fact, Rudolph himself wished to name Franz as his successor. He may be slightly willful and overconfident of his own abilities, but he was far more capable than Klaus and exceptionally easier to manage as well.

However, Franz has not yet been named as the successor to the Lörrich family.

That is because Rudolph's older sister, Gerda, strongly objects.

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A few days after the two of them were expelled from the kitchen.

With things as they were, it would be hard to practice cooking. In Mohnton, a land with little in the way of entertainment, Camilla was struggling to find ways to pass the time.

Sitting in that dim room of hers was bad for her health and talking with Nicole wasn't nearly enough to properly occupy her. The only other thing she could do was learn more about the territory of Mohnton from Alois' study sessions.

Thanks to that, Camilla had become familiar with the circumstances of the Lörrich family these past few days. Specifically, the situation around the two brothers and the matter of succession. It had become quite a popular source of gossip, apparently. Alois did his best to lay out the matter in an objective way, but it was obvious that he favoured Klaus with the way he talked.

Camilla herself didn't really understand just why Alois took Klaus' side so much. From Camilla's point of view, Klaus was lazy and irresponsible, not to mention utterly disrespectful.

No matter how much he said he didn't care for them, everything he did reflected back on his family's name. So whenever he played around and made a fool of himself, it would drag the honour of his house and its vassals through the mud. Not to mention Alois, who always had to cover for him.

Not that Camilla was really one to talk when it came to shaming a family name.

– No, no, just why am I even thinking about that man!?